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Omen vs Herald - What's the difference?

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Omen is a related term of herald.


As nouns the difference between omen and herald

is that omen is (adult male human) while herald is a messenger, especially one bringing important news.

As a verb herald is

to proclaim or announce an event.

omen

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia omen)
  • Something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding.
    • the ghost's appearance was an ill omen
    a rise in imports might be an omen of recovery
    the egg has, during the span of history, represented mystery, magic, medicine, food and omen
  • * 1856 , (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
    • Day broke. He saw three black hens asleep in a tree. He shuddered, horrified at this omen . Then he promised the Holy Virgin three chasubles for the church, and that he would go barefooted from the cemetery at Bertaux to the chapel of Vassonville.
  • prophetic significance
    • a sign of ill omen

    Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "omen": good, ill, bad, auspicious, evil, favorable, happy, lucky.

    Synonyms

    * portent, sign, signal, token, forewarning, warning, danger sign, foreshadowing, prediction, forecast, prophecy, harbinger, augury, auspice, presage, straw in the wind, (hand)writing on the wall, indication, hint, foretoken; see also

    Related terms

    * ominous

    Verb

  • To be an omen of.
  • To divine or predict from omens.

    • Synonyms

    * prognosticate, betoken, forecast, foretell, portend, foreshadow, bode, augur, prefigure, predict, auspicate, presage

    See also

    * augury * foreboding * portend * portent

    External links

    * *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    herald

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A messenger, especially one bringing important news.
    • The herald blew his trumpet and shouted that the King was dead.
  • A harbinger, giving signs of things to come.
    • Daffodils are heralds of Spring.
  • (heraldry) An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king of arms.
    • Rouge Dragon is a herald at the College of Arms.
  • (entomology) A moth of the species Scoliopteryx libatrix .

    • Synonyms

    * (messenger) messenger * (harbinger) harbinger * (official whose speciality is heraldry) pursuivant

    Related terms

    * heraldic * heraldry

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To proclaim or announce an event.
    • Daffodils herald the Spring.

    Anagrams

    * English transitive verbs